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Orestis Michelakis Part II Architectural Assistant
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26 Samouil Haous Agia Triada, Heraklion Crete, Greece 712 02
Contact
orestis.michelakis@gmail.com +30 6947131552
Who am I? I was born in 1992 in Crete, Greece where I grew up until 2010 that I moved to the UK to study Architecture. The socio-economic turmoil that my country and Europe in general experiences in the last decade was critical to the development of my own architectural agenda. I am fascinated by cities, the complexity of urban life, the material flows that they include and the way that the urban commons can contribute in city planning. I have a passion for pursuing collective and interdisciplinary solutions - something I desire to achieve practically in my projects. In my studies I had the opportunity to experiment with the social, economic, environmental and political dimension of architecture and to work in projects with strategies for transition to circular economies, renewable energy sources, participatory design and planning of community infrastructure as well as the struggle for reclaiming the “right to the city”.
Experiences 12/2016- Architecture workshops for children & young adults/ Environmental Workshop “Σπείρα”: A collective vision for the place we live in, identifying shared needs and activating our shared cultural experiences, constructing spatial interventions with waste. 2013-2014 Cre.Cen.D Architectural office & Publications agency/ Yorgis Petrakis/ Heraklion, Crete Thalita 13: Architectural intern; competing in architectural competitions; producing and presenting development strategies and case studies and other duties. Contact no. : +30 2810 282630 2013- Design and manufacture of handmade spearguns from timber, carbon fibre and resins for the main body and laser-cut mechanical parts from 316L steel and acetal: Made to order and set-up according to the free-divers needs and wants; personal occupation; using laser cutter, industrial lathes and woodworking tools. 2011- Experience working different jobs: professional fishing and food service.
Specialties Participatory design & construction: Group workshops for neighbourhood planning/ alternative methods of design and construction with industrial hemp, straw and recyclables/ urban space interventions. Preparation, composition and presentation of urban strategies and case studies: Transition to localised circular economies/ Urban resilience/ Sustainability/ Urban farming/ C.P.U.L. and industry within the urban fabric. Urban Commons & co-ownership: Strategies for collective use of resourses/ analysis of material flows and social capital/ co-ownership in housing & live-work environments/ utilising empty urban spaces.
Education 2014-2016 PlyMArch/ Master of Architecture / University of Plymouth: Live projects with emphasis in developing resilient strategies for the development of undermined or threatened urban areas; socio-spatial, economic and political aspects of architecture; the urban commons and their role in architecture and urban planning. 11-12/2015 Craft Revolution workshop / Schumacher College: Construction of a 12m2 cabin with timber by using vernacular construction methods and diy tools (i.e. steambending). 8/2014 International BioUrbanism Workshop: Heraklion Crete: Socio-Spatial Transformations Under the State of Emergency in Greece 2010-2013 BA in Architecture / University of Plymouth: Bachelor in architectural education; dissertation on the right to the city. 2006-2010 Fine art trainning / Kallitechniko Scholio Kritis [Arts School of Crete]: fine art; sculpture; dance; theatre; cinema.
PC Software_Skillset_Languages PC Software: AutoCAD/ Revit/ SketchUp/ Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign/ LumionPro/ ArchiCAD/ Microsoft Office Skillset: Hand drawing/ Digramming/ Image edit/ 3D modelling/ Laser machine/ Imprinting and recording building condition/ Composition and presentation of complete urban strategies/ Participatory workshops/ Woodworking experience Languages: Greek[mother tongue]/ English[fluent with years of experience]/
Spanish [beginner]
Awards_Exhibitions 5/2014 Ideas competition/ Development strategy for the west coastal front of Heraklion, Crete / Municipality of Heraklion Crete/ 2nd award. Information :http://www.aahaeota.gr/node/495 6/2015 Competition Designing for the Urban Commons, by Theatrum Mundi / Winning project Information:http://designingtheurbancommons.org/ 6/2015 Exhibition MakeCity Festival Berlin, HO Project Space: Presentation of the project COMMONSTRUCTION to the public. 6/2015 Exhibition in LSE Atrium Gallery in collaboration with LSE Arts: Presentation of the project COMMONSTRUCTION.
Personal characteristics_Interests_Activities > Actively engaged/ Cο-operative/ Communicative/ Responsible/ Persistent/ Self-taught/ Adaptive/ Critical > Sketching/ Poetry/ Photography/ Architecture[radical, inclusive, vernacular]/ Dance/ Theater/ Painting > Freediving/ Spearfishing/ Sailing/ Guitar/ Handcrafting & constructions/ Reading/ Camping in nature/ Trekking
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CV
Who am I? Experiences Education PC Software_Skillset_Languages Awards + Exhibitions Personal characteristics_Interests_Activities
CONTENTS PROJECTS
1.0 - COMMONSTRUCTION, Tottenham, London, 2015 [Award winner] 2.1 - URBAN STRATEGY: Backyard Revolution, 2016 Słupsk, Poland 2.2 - DETAILED DESIGN: Backyard Revolution, 2016 Słupsk, Poland 3.0 - Strategy for Industrial symbiosis, Tottenham, London, 2014 4.0 - Urban Waterfront Regeneration, Heraklion, Crete, 2014 [Architectural Competition] 5.0 - Public School Extension, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, UK, 2013 6.0 - Stonebuilt house Restoration, Heraklion, Crete, 2009-2013 7.0 - Essays & Research 8.0 - Modelmaking 9.0 - Drawings & Graphic designs 10.0 - Handmade composite & timber spearguns
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1.0 Architectural Competition: COMMONSTRUCTION,
CONCEPTUAL SECTION: The relationship between space and use; living spaces, community workshops, public assembly spaces, facades and sreets.
Commonstruction project strategy
This project is the result of a collaboration between the PlyMArch course, the LSE and “OUR TOTTENHAM”, a group consisted by 52 collectives ( i.e. local businesses, urban agriculture groups, right to the city initiatives) that are set to propose an alternative to the municipal regeneration plan A_____ manual for radical inclusivity for Tottenham, London, with the claim that a policy of social cleansing is being used to facilitate a land grab by developers and speculators. We took part in participatory planning and design workshops Award Winning Project and spent several days discussing the situation with both ‘OUR TOTTENHAM’ and the local authorities DESIGNING THE URBAN COMMONS: Competition by responsible for the regeneration. Theatrum Mundi The purpose of this project/manual is to create a circular reference for various actors in the area that will coordinate collective action and enrich the threatened public life. There 4th May 2015 Tottenham, London are 3 key types of spaces that constitute it: live-work units; community workshops; and professional start-up spaces. The project is based on the legal model of a community land trust (CLT) in order to pursue equity and funding as a group. The mixed use groundfloor is primarily focused on community spaces (i.e. workshops) and professional start-up spaces that will act as a think-tank for the area. Above is a series of live-work units (3 different typologies) that residents construct themselves through participatory design and construction processes. Self-build or voluntarily-build projects earn 25% equity on completion. The live-work spaces will accommodate professionals that can help in running the community while the start-up spaces add density and are fundamental in sustaining the project economically. Our project acts as a place of assembly and collective action; for communities to meet, share knowledge and participate in commoning. We want to create a collective conscious between communities and promote and test alternative models of coexistence, in contrast to the current unsustainable model.
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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF LIVE/WORK UNITS
STAGE 1: Through participatory design an internal spatial arrangement is produced; then the construction process begins with the installation of a lighter timber framework of a customised internal arrangement plugged on to the heavy timber frame core. The workshops and professional spaces in the groundfloor are already functional.
STAGE 2: After the lighter timber frame is installed hempcrete is molded around the frame to construct walls and openings of the design. Similarly, the roof insulation is installed and cladded; the materials suggested for this process are recycled steel roof tiles and hemp insulation.
STAGE 3: The front and rear facade of every unit is made itnerractive through customised designs and cladding adapted to the use and arrangement of the unit. Surfaces that could act as party walls for future units remain plastered; this is decided through the spatial dialogue involving the whole project space.
STAGE 4: Areas in between units are transformed and adapted to the needs of the residents through shared agreements. As a result the project space will densify and simultaneously allow the users to collectively develop their space even further and offer creative solutions to problems that may arise. SPACE TYPLOGY A
SPACE TYPLOGY C
SPACE TYPLOGY B
The 3 different typologies that act as the basis for the participatory design process of the live-work and residential units designed to accomodate different types of users: 3-4 member families; individuals; professionals.
Conception of the completed project: On-going construction in the same space with functional living and professional spaces; Interractive facades allowing for entry and circulation through the mixed use groundfloor.
USES AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Community space, workshops, events and exhibition are all located in the groundfloor coexisting and collaborating with more private professional spaces.
light study using sketchup analytics
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2.1 URBAN STRATEGY: Backyard
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REFURBISHED INDUSTRIAL SPACE
URBAN AGRICULTURE
DLUGA STREET
SITE 1
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SITE 3
DLUGA ST
EXISTING BUILDINGS
INTERNAL BACKYARD [PROPOSED INTERVENTION]
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URBAN STRATEGY
Link to ISSUU publication of the complete booklet: https://issuu.com/orestismichelakis/docs/urban_strategy_ backyard_revolution_
OPEN GROUNDFLOOR AND INTERACTIVE FACADE TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE BLOCK AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BACKYARD
COLLECTIVE MAKERSPACE WITH KITCHEN + CAFE
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2016 Słupsk, Poland PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with the municipality of Słupsk
SYNTHETIC WASTE RECYCLING WORKSHOPS
T NA S POL
Revolution Project _____
BACKYARD REVOLUTION is a live project in collaboration with the Municipallity of the city of Slupsk, Poland, completed as a part of the live project agenda of PlyMArch. This urban strategy is the 1st part of the project for the regeneration of the city centre of Slupsk. Site visit and workshops with the local communities and planners helped in forming a better idea of the place and its needs. After a detailed analysis and documentation of pedestrian circulation, spatial typologies, activities and uses, ownership status and socio-economic networks in the area we created a proposal that creatively combines existing resources and uses to create a resilient city model that relies on the principles of circular economy and is materialised through participatory methods of design and construction that promote inclusivity and collaboration. This project proposes an urban transformation strategy as a response to the problems and the city’s identity. Finally the theoretical analysis is distilled into a visual expression of this strategy that is communicated through a series of diagrams, sketches, models, photos,supported by a range of precedents.
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PARADIGM OF A TRANSFORMED URBAN BLOCK- DIAGRAM ON PHOTOGRAPHED MODEL
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The 2nd part of the BACKYARD REVOLUTION project developed in collaboration with the city council of the city of Slupsk Poland, local NGOs, the city’s planning office and the residents of Dluga, the urban block that the project is based on. This is a continuation of the previous work, “BACKYARD REVOLUTION: Urban strategy”, and aims to take things into a buildings scale and show how radical inclusivity could be implemented technically through construction details and spatial design. The building offers a series of facilities for recycling, food production, energy generation, social gathering, urban agriculture, accomodation, community workshops and more. The core idea is that it acts as the material toolset and the think-tank that are necessary for inclusive change to happen in the Dluga urban block.
MASTERPLAN
The project is mindful of the reality of the city of Slupsk, the socioeconomic crises that the local population and public services face, the energy poverty of the Dluga area and many more issues that are explained in detail within the full presentation. Resourcefulness, efficiency, adaptiveness and ease of construction were key factors in building design so it can be easily built through participatory construction methods in collaboration with the local communities. Similarly, the facilities and circular metabolism of the building is meant to act as an organ of the greater metabolism of the surrounding area and in extend the city of Slupsk through material flows like organic and synthetic waste management services that the proposed building will contribute by re-appropriating the waste into construction materials and turning organic waste into biogas for heating. By following the steps of the project’s urban strategy for the transformation of the city of Slupsk a network of urban spaces in solidarity with one another is set up (food markets, urban agriculture, spaces of exchange, living and working environments, transport, cultural centers etc.) thus restructuring the city’s broken metabolism into a new, more inclusive model. Link to ISSUU publication of the complete booklet: https://issuu.com/orestismichelakis/docs/spatial_desingn_backyard_revolution
- Drop off and collection point
- Cedum roof with bee-friendly plants - Bee-hives - Solar panels
DETAILED DESIGN: Backyard Revolution Project _____
2.2
2016 Słupsk, Poland PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with the municipality of Słupsk
- Shared garden for residents of the neighbourhood - Greenhouse for plants and seedlings
- Experimental urban agricultural farm - Educational garden
- Main square - Outdoor market - Hydroponics farm - Resident/user sitting area - Park - Playground - Sitting area
- Allotments area - Main hemp cultivations
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- Parking spaces
MASTERPLAN
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BUILDING PLANS _____ 102
SOLAR PANELS
PELLETS TO PLACE COAL FOR THE HEATING OF LOCAL FAMILIES HONEY PRODUCTION
HEATING
RETROFITTED CONSTRUCTION WASTE IN USE
COMPRESSED RECYCLED WASTE WALL
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS & PARTICIPATORY ARCHITECTURE
ANAEROBIC DIGESTER
PROCESSING RECYCLABLES
HEMP PROCESSING
PELLET PRODUCTION
BIO-DIESEL TANK
VEGETABLE RECYCLING
DOMESTIC WASTE
RECYCLABLE WASTE
SEDUM ROOF WITH HERBS & AROMATIC PLANTS
HYDROPONICS
GREY WATER FOR USE IN TOILETS
PROGRAMME 5.18 _____ CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO RETROFIT LOCAL HOUSING
SOLAR PANELS
BIODIESEL TO PLACE COAL FOR THE HEATING OF LOCAL FAMILIES
HEMP
MUNICIPAL WASTE
PERSPECTIVES + _____ 107
INTERNAL CYCLE WASTE
5.18 PROGRAMME _____
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RAINWATER COLLECTION
PERSPECTIVES _____ INTERNAL CYCLES DIAGRAM: Organic waste from the cultivations are digested into biogas, biodiesel or pellets for heating while the food produced on site is used in the restaurant or sold in the 106
market on site. Rainwater is collected for grey water uses. Recyclable waste are collected from the area to be re-purposed, processed into construction materials or used for heating.
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Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production
Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop
Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop
Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop
Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop
Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop
Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub
Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub
Community 16) Shared Laundry Facilities 17) Residential storage 18) Office 19) Projection room 20) Community Library 21) Aromatic garden, Bee Hives 22) Honey Processing 23) 5 Bedroom Apartment 24) 3 Bedroom Apartment 25) Bee Hives
Community 16) Shared Laundry Facilities 17) Residential storage 18) Office 19) Projection room 20) Community Library 21) Aromatic garden, Bee Hives 22) Honey Processing 23) 5 Bedroom Apartment 24) 3 Bedroom Apartment 25) Bee Hives
Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub
ENERGY
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Bio-Gas
Domestic organic waste Municipality organic waste Allotments organic waste
RECYCLABLES
Domestic waste Industrial waste Construction waste
Bio-Diesel
Anaerobic Digester
Drop Off
Pellet
Grinding
FOOD & LOCAL PRODUCE
HEMP
Locally grown Urban allotments Private cultivations
Locally grown Allotment grown Produced on site Construction waste
Recyclables
Oil Extraction
Sorting Cleaning
Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop
Mixing Food processing
Shredding
Molding
Assembly & Community workshops
Community 16) Shared Laundry Facilities 17) Residential storage 18) Office 19) Projection room 20) Community Library 21) Aromatic garden, Bee Hives 22) Honey Processing 23) 5 Bedroom Apartment 24) 3 Bedroom Apartment 25) Bee Hives
As seen when walking through the block
Community 16) Shared Laundry Facilities 17) Residential storage 18) Office 19) Projection room 20) Community Library 21) Aromatic garden, Bee Hives 22) Honey Processing 23) 5 Bedroom Apartment 24) 3 Bedroom Apartment 25) Bee Hives
2nd FLOOR PLAN
Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub
East entrance to the sheltered marketplace
Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop
1st FLOOR PLAN
Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop
The building within its context
Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production
Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production
Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production
Internal courtyard and hydroponic farms
PLANS _____ 101
Retrofitting existing houses
Market N
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
MATERIAL FLOWS & INTERNAL CIRCULATION DIAGRAM ON THE GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
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1ST FLOOR WALL JOINT
SECTIONAL STUDY: MATERIAL COMPOSITION
SECTIONAL STUDY: LIGHT CONDITIONS
The sedum roof was selected as a simple green alternative that also allows activities like urban beekeeping and serves as a shared garden.
Strawbales cladded with recycled PVC panels are used for the residential spaces to achieve high levels of heat and sound insulation
Recycled synthetic waste are heat treated into sheets of 120x80cm that are stacked on top of one another using the frame as a guide.
While the interrior floor is made out of recycled synthetic sheets for the exterior prefabricated concrete slabs were preferred.
Hempcrete is used for the majority of groundfloor walls for its durability, fire resistance, sound insulation and ease of construction.
2ND FLOOR
SECTIONAL STUDY: NATURAL & MECHANICAL CIRCULATION
SECTIONAL STUDY: HEATING
STRAWBALE: 1ST FLOOR WALL JOINT Reclining system skylights that allow natural ventilation of the corridor of the residential units
Mechanical ventilation system is installed in the hempcrete workshop
19 °C Reclining system skylights that allow natural ventilation in the hempcrete workshop of the ground floor
25 °C 19 °C
1ST FLOOR Mechanical ventilation system is installed in the workshop spaces of the ground floor
25 °C
19 °C
19 °C
Natural ventilation in addition to the mechanical ventilation in the plastic recycling workshop
25 °C
GROUNDFLOOR
HEMPCRETE/STRAWBALES: 1ST WALL JOINT
25 °C
SEDUM ROOF: WALL TO ROOF JOINT
LAYERED MODEL EXPLORING MATERIALITY AND USES
42X100mm GLULAM BATTEN
42X100mm GLULAM BATTEN
42X100mm GLULAM BATTEN 200X200mm GLULAM POST
200X200mm GLULAM POST
200X200mm GLULAM POST
20mm LIME PLASTER INTERRIOR
20mm LIME PLASTER INTERRIOR
30mm RECYCLED PLASTIC SHEET CLADDING
20mm LIME PLASTER EXTERIOR
400mm STRAWBALE INFILL
1000x800x300mm RECYCLED PLASTIC BRICKS
30mm RECYCLED PLASTIC SHEET CLADDING TRANSPARENT
800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION
SYNTHETIC WASTE WALL STRUCTURE
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400mm HEMPCRETE INFILL 800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION
800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION
STRAWBALE WALL STRUCTURE
HEMPCRETE WALL STRUCTURE
Series of sections and technical studies of construction details with the 3 basic materials that are used in the project: hempcrete, strawbales and stacked recycled synthetic waste. A timber frame was selected for the construction because of the breathable nature of that materials to avoid that corrosion and other disadvantages that would emerge with a steel frame. Orestis M. Portfolio | 15
3.0 Strategy for Industrial symbiosis, Tottenham Hale _____
2014 Tottenham, London, UK PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with “OUR TOTTENHAM” collective
Our attempt to create a more inclusive urban strategy for the area of Tottenham Hale, one that would try to empower local industry through mechanisms of cohabitation and networking where industries are invited to share spaces with other industries or community actors and collaborate with one another through an active exchange of resources and knowledge. Apart from enhancing locally oriented industries the strategy of co-habitation focuses in transforming the empty spaces that have emerged from the densification process and appropriating them to accomodate the local needs for affordable housing, collective live-work environments for independend professionals, for open public spaces that allow events and more. The strategy is deeply routed to the community workshops of “OUR TOTTENHAM” a local organisation consisted of 52 initiatives including people and groups from different professional and ethnic backgrounds, industries, local families and others that felt threatened from the regeneration plans that were put forward for the area and were asking for an alternative. These workshops were fundamental in forming an understanding of local needs and socio-economic relations between actors that in combination with our analysis of pedestrian activity, vehicle movement, building typologies, land use and local industries fuelled the final masterplan.
ON-PAPER EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EMPTY INDUSTRIAL SPACES AFTER THEIR TRANSFORMATION
CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACE WITH RENNOVATED BUILDING AS PROPOSED IN THE MASTERPLAN
PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE AREA
IDENTIFYING LOCAL BUILDING TYPOLOGIES
MASTERPLAN
MOVEMENT SHAPING THE MASTERPLAN
RELOCATION OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES
OPEN PUBLIC SPACES AND CIRCULATION
PROPOSED BUILDING USES AND GREEN LINKS
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This competition was completed with the architectural office of Yorgis Petrakis with an interdisciplinary team of 5 people. It is a public conceptual competition for the regeneration of the west coastal front of the city of Heraklion in Crete and particularly the reconsideration of the periphery of the Public Football [Architectural Competition] Stadium that was constructed over the Athens 2004 Olympics. _____ The competition brief included a series of infrastructure such as sport facilities, culture and recreation Award: 2nd acquisition spaces as well as a space for hospitality and accomodation. Our own agenda was to fulfill the competition criteria through spaces that also relate to local needs and emergencies and manage to spatially accomodate 2014 Heraklion, Crete them in order to avoid the pattern of abandoned athletic facilities that has appeared after the 2004 Olympics. The needs and emergencies that we identified in the area was a space for local food markets, a coastal public walkway, public sport facilities, a space for caravan campers and last but not least the regeneration of the natural scenery of the area. We maintained the natural lines of the landscape and allowed the ecosystems that exist within the area to flourish and penetrate through the lot; movement axes were created in agreement with secondary paths and dirt roads that were already active in the area. Later, the spatial arrangement was adapted to this pattern with close attention to the human scale and the effect of the proposed infrastructure to their surroundings. The position of the proposed buildings is important in creating valleys and openings that can accomodate the temporary/ ephemeral events that will be taking place in the surrounding space. This is also reflected in the form and materiality of the designs i.e. the light steel frames and canvas canopies are in agreement with the sheltered stands that local produce sellers use in the food markets weekly.
4.0 Urban Waterfront Regeneration
SECTION ALONG THE MAIN MOVEMENT AXIS
1. THE TEMPLATE
2. THE HUMAN EFFECT - INVASION
3. THE RIVER - CORROSION
4. THE SEA - CONFRONTATION
5. THE BIRTH OF ECOSYSTEMS
6. THE AGORA - COMMONING
PHOTOREALISTIC MODEL OF THE SITE
ELEVATIONS AND SECTION OF THE HOSPITALITY AND ACCOMODATION STRUCTURE
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NATURAL HABITAT
URBAN CONTEXT
ROAD NETWORK PRIMARY MOVEMENT AXIS PEDESTRIANISED MOVEMENT FLOWS
SEA SAND DUNES GREEN SPACES RIVER
MOVEMENT
URBAN CONTEXT
SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
URBAN CONTEXT
SPORTS CULTURE HOSPITALITY PARKING COASTAL HABITAT RIVER HABITAT MOUNTAIN HABITAT
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School Extension. 5.0 Public _____
Stoke Damerel Plymouth, UK. 2014 Heraklion, Crete 2013 _____ Project: EPHEMERAL EXTENSION Live Project in collaboration with Stoke Damerel High
The final Design/Architectural Synthesis project of the Architectural BA(Hons) course in the University of Plymouth developed in collaboration with Stoke Damerel High School. The assignment was to create an extension to an existing community college that aims to link it with the local community and the city of Plymotuh in general through a series of spaces that will allow interdisciplinary education and interaction between the different social elements involved. The relationship between learning, gathering and play spaces was of great importance in the design. Thus the project was developed through a series of actual workshops with students, teachers and other members of the Stoke Damerel community; a survey was completed that listed groups that were involved with agricultural production, arts and culture as well as various professionals that were willing to relate to the school with workshops and collaborative learning events that would act as a starting link of an evolving connection between the highschool and life in the city of Plymouth.
SECTION A-A’
SECTION B-B’
SECTION C-C’
PROCESS SKETCH
WEST ELEVATION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN PLAN
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SECTION/ PERSPECTIVE
GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
SEQUENCE OF SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS. USER EXPERIENCE
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SKETCHES EXPLORING SUN MOVEMENT AND LIGHT CONDITIONS
CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW BUILDING
DIAGRAM DEPICTING THE KEY OPENINGS ALLOWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AMPHITHEATRE, THE CENTRAL ATRIUM AND THE SCHOOLYARD
CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW BUILDING
EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN SECTION
STUDY OF LIGHT CONDITIONS IN SECTION - ILLUSTRATING THE GREEN LIGHT EFFECT OF THE EXTERNAL CLADDING ON THE INTERNAL SPACE
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TECHNICAL SECTION SHOWING CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FROM GROUND TO ROOF
FINAL SECTION ILLUSTRATING MATERIALITY AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
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6.0 STONE BUILT HOUSE
RESTORATION, HERAKLION _____
Samouil Haous, Agia Triada, Heraklion, Crete, Greeceo2009-2013 Family project
The scaffolding at 26 Samouil Haous was originally build in 1927 in the Agia Triada neighbourhood in Heraklion. The intention was to carry out a DIY restoration that would entirely transform the original spatial arrangement while maintaining as much of the old stonebuild structure as possible. Works involved: surveying and Imprinting the condition of the original building; demolishing the front porch extension and removing the roof; clearing the stonebuild walls and reinforcing with cement rings; Refurbishing & reinforcing floor slabs; constructing pitched timber roof; preping the stone and re-routing the stone walls several times; constructing light timber frame mezzanine in the 1st floor appartment These works were undertaken by a small group of people as it is a family project with the assistance of professionals wherever necessary.
The building before any works begin in 2009
First floor concrete slab.
WEST ELEVATION
SECTION / NORTH ELEVATION
Above: First floor interrior after the pitched roof was constructed
After the demolition of the front porch extension; removing the thick plaster coating off of the stone.
Pouring the 1st floor concrete slab
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Bellow: The timber roof frame
Alluminum door and window frames installed in 2011
The two appartments finished in 2013. Lemon tree in the garden
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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7.0 ESSAYS & RESEARCH
MODELMAKING _____
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Colledtion of handmade models from a variety of different projects
Primary Architectural Research works 2013-2016 Available on demand
[ESSAY]
8.0
For me modelmaking is an incredible design tool for the early stages of the project to experiment with masses, forms and materialities. My personal modelmaking style would be representational models of spaces under use and self-explanatory diagrammatical models that communicate the project logic.
RE-INVENTING THE URBAN COMMONS: Urbanisation and Self-management, 2013
Space. Politics. Change. Investigating the relationship between urban and political struggles in our cities today through a series of case studies of initiatives and events like the Greek anti-austerity movement [Αγανακτισμένοι], the creation of Parko Navarinou and the mash shut down of autonomous occupied spaces in Athens over the winter of 2012. This essay aims to question the socio-political aspects of the urbanisation process of our cities today; investigate the transformation of urban struggles today in an attempt to re-connect with the right to the city.
Chapters: i. Inmaking the city man has remade himself, ii. The contemporary right to the city, iii. Anti-capitalism and urban struggles, iv. The struggle for common space and self-management in Athens today, v. Space and autonomy
[ESSAY] CULTURAL ANIMATION & COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE, 2016 Cultural animation was originally coined by Polish cultural theorist, Grzegorz Godlewski, as “identification, activation, dynamisation of particular sphere of cultural experience”. It arose in Western Europe (particularly France) as an aspect of 1960s counterculture as a method of enabling people’s capacity to participate in social action and public life and so cultural animation became “a practice and philosophy that uses psycho-social methods to expand the capacities of people,” and that promotes “the abilities of people and groups to participate in and to manage the social and political reality in which they live”. Walter Lorenz (1994) notes that the movement’s fundamental expressions originate from community theatre, but for our purposes this text examines how its practice can play an important role in the socio-political establishment of progressive urban initiatives in order to for them to thrive in an otherwise conservative and austere context. Brendan James Daniel, writing about the lack of civic engagement in Polish society particularly after the capitalist transition of 1989, refers to the issue as a cultural and participatory void that is there because of the lack of civic education for people and especially the youth, due to the weak civil sector. In his text, “What surrounds us now: cultural animation and the participatory and cultural voids in Poland”, he suggests that cultural animation can be used to cover these cultural and participatory voids that exist in Polish society and challenge the status quo.
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THE POTENTIAL FOR RADICAL URBANISM IN POST-COMMUNIST POLAND, 2016
As a developing country and a newcomer to western capitalism Poland is gradually positioning itself within Europe. How does the current climate in Poland realise radical urbanism in terms of the internal politics, regulations and civic engagement? And is it possible to use existing shortcomings of the country’s urban reality to the benefit of urban activism? This text is dedicate to examine the key characteristics that transform the field of urban activism in Poland and critically access a few existing initiatives that have successfully overcome similar barriers.
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9.0 COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS,
LOGOS _____ AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS - Personal works - Event & project posters
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This project was initiated by my hobby, spearfishing (underwater hunting on breathhold). It began as a personal project and a chance to improve my woodworking skills and gain knowledge on the mechanics and the materials that one can use to construct a speargun. This is the result of a long process of research, exchange of ideas between other craftsmen and live tests in the sea. The body of the speargun needs to whithstand great loads of over 130 kg and underwater pressures often close to 5 bar. After numerous tests I managed to find the prefered consistency of the epoxy resin and the correct geometry of the trigger and reel mechanisms and the whole system started to be functional. Then by using the loaded rubber bands as guides I begin shaping the body of the spearguns in order to contain the rubber bands and lines and result in a hydro-dynamic speargun that can be manouvered easily underwater. The loading system is based on the rollers at the muzzle of the speargun that allow the rubbers to load above and underneath the main body as well as defuse smoothly with minimum recoil.
HANDMADE SPEARGUNS 10.0 _____
Timber & Carbon fibre body Laser-cut 316L marine steel parts Made to order & hand measurement Tested to depths of -45m
Properly furnaced and dried block of niangon timber. Split in 3 planed 6cm x 4cm poles.
Each pole is then split in 3 2cm thick slats that are clamped together with their wood currents in reverse directions to equalize the natural internal forces that tend to bend timber. Dual layers of carbon fabric are stuck between the slats and glued together with epoxic resins. Holes are drilled in the middle slat to trap air that will help achieve neutral boyoancy.
The steel parts of the speargun like the trigger mechanism, the reel and the stoppers are made by laser cut 316L inox steel and acetal cylinders that are processed in a lathe. The finished speargun is finally painted with enamel paints and then covered with one final hand of transparent epoxy resin that will plastificate the wood exterrior making it waterproof in great depths.
After gluing together the result is planed and smoothened again into a 6cm*4cm pole ready to be shaped into the main body.
Left over timber is stuck into a block that will be shaped into the handle -right or left handed depending on the diver.
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